"During regularly scheduled testing of the ship's emergency diesel generator, a malfunction occurred, " Carnival said in a statement.
Carnival said the ship's emergency diesel generator failed, but the cruise line disputed notions of a widespread system failure.
For now, Mr Yang's school is holding out, with a diesel generator and cans of water supplied by well-wishers.
Hygen has the strength and ruggedness of a traditional diesel generator but uses less than half the fuel in most applications.
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His apparatus was two trailers of ex-army equipment, and a diesel generator.
The system can be adapted easily for sale around the world by, say, installing a diesel generator for Europe or an ethanol-powered generator for Brazil.
The upfront cost is higher than a (noisier) diesel generator, but he estimates the initial cost would be paid back in less than a year.
In a statement, Carnival said the ship's emergency diesel generator failed.
Early one evening a nearby camper started up a diesel generator and let it run most of the night, completely ruining the solitude of the forest.
In 2007 an emergency diesel generator began smoking during testing.
The company still has power from 750-kilowatt diesel generator and Internet connectivity from a fiber optic connection, and Barnett has been regularly updating his blog with firsthand reports of the disaster and its aftermath.
If you're not going to stay there, I recommend getting a break from the diesel-generator fumes, Hezbollah protest camps, and crowded bars and discos of Beirut with a quiet brunch, dinner or whisky at the Albergo's rooftop restaurant or terrace.
On Christmas Eve 1999 the road from Macedonia, the only supply line to Pristina, had been closed by ice storms, and Meyer had to borrow a jerry can of diesel to keep his Internet service provider's generator going.
Companies spend billions of dollars each year on decades-old generator technology and tens of billions on the diesel fuel to burn in these inefficient and high-pollutant generators.
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Their compounds, along with those of wealthier Afghans, constitute the emergent generator-class rich enough to cool (or heat) their offices and homes with big diesel-powered generators.
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